Spare a Copper (1940)
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Directors
John Paddy Carstairs
Cast
George Formby
The story
The film is set in Merseyside where the battleship HMS Hercules is being built. War Reserve police officer George Carter aspires to become a member of the flying squad. A group of saboteurs are planning to blow it up.
Genres
musical film, propaganda film
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